Questions about a constant array reference in the C++ front end

[Nathan Sidwell]

Stefan Strasser wrote:

> I don't know anything about fold but in general a c++ array in the
> frontend is cv-qualified, not its elements.

this is untrue. the elements hold the qualification.

> I have been processing large source codes including STL, boost and
> custom code including function bodies and I have never seen a
> RANGE_EXPR. I suppose it's only used at later stages or only in other
> language's frontends.

Incorrect.  RANGE_EXPRs get generated during processing of an array's
initializer -- very early on in the C++ FE.

nathan

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